Originally Posted by bdschobel
I disagree. If the goal is simply to kill people, why not go to a shopping mall? Lots of people there, and you might even get away! Or go to an elementary school, like the Chechens did in Russia. That was pretty effective, wasn't it? Why should terrorists focus on airplanes?
Bruce
Terrorist aren't trying to kill people as much as they are sending a message, but by killing people you get maximum exposure. Airlines are attractive because of where we put them. If 250 people died in a building fire of course there would be an investigation and a ton of media, but an aircraft accident, we will spend millions for reconstruction and it will draw a mega amount of media.
Why should terrorist focus on planes? I am sure in the 70's you remember the hijacked planes sitting on the runways in some country somewhere, they had great media exposure. More horrific events have occurred in the world and have received much less media attention.
I don't disagree with the malls and schools, Columbine is another great example. Maybe we could get some Federal Mall Marshals or Federal School Marshals?